Jo Whiley couldn't resist a dig at a fellow Radio 2 presenter after a listener's shoutout revealed Dermot O'Leary had quietly run the Royal Parks Half Marathon. "He's so sneaky, so quiet," Jo said, pointing out he never mentioned it beforehand, unlike her own habit of talking about races for months in advance.
The evening's big music moment was the first play of Fontaine's DC's new single "Where Is Gone", a collaboration with Rosalía from their forthcoming album Dopamine Chamber, out this Friday. Jo revealed she'd spoken to the band earlier that day and will air the full conversation, plus live session tracks, next Wednesday. Listeners were quick to react, with several, including Josh in North Devon and Mills in Staffordshire, saying the track sounded tailor-made for a James Bond theme.
Jo also replayed highlights of her earlier chat with screenwriter Russell T Davies, promoting his new memoir. He named his top three sci-fi characters as Tom Baker's Doctor Who, Star Trek's Captain Pike and Luke Skywalker, calling Baker's casting "the most astonishing piece of casting in the history of the Earth." For comedy characters, he picked Julie Walters in dinnerladies, Benny Hill and Captain Mainwaring from Dad's Army.
Elsewhere, Jo's Shiny Happy Playlist hour was packed with listener shoutouts, from Maxine earning her black belt to Noah passing his 11-plus, while the later show featured a Kate Bush "vinyl revival" spotlight on The Sensual World and a new infatuation track.
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